Saw Guard – Caitlin Johnson ’21 and Keon Tavakoli ’21

    In preparation for the Year In Review and the BCGLP Symposium on May 23rd, the EDI Fellows put together blurbs about their projects to accompany their posters and presentations.  We are featuring one every day until May 23rd.  We hope …
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    NA Charging Station – Patrick McElroy ’19

    In preparation for the Year In Review and the BCGLP Symposium on May 23rd, the EDI Fellows put together blurbs about their projects to accompany their posters and presentations.  We are featuring one every day until May 23rd.  We hope …
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    ECU Subluxation Wrist Brace – Connor Holland ’19 and Sebastian Singh ’19

    In preparation for the Year In Review and the BCGLP Symposium on May 23rd, the EDI Fellows put together blurbs about their projects to accompany their posters and presentations.  We are featuring one every day until May 23rd.  We hope …
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    Construction of Book Press for the Literacy Fellows

    For the second EDI Hackathon, 2020 and 2019 EDI Fellows designed two different book presses to help our brethren, the Literacy Fellows, make their books quicker and easier than their current methods.  One of the designs was to modify a …
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    A Closer Look into ‘Soonish’ by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weiner

    EDI Fellows for the January 2018 retreat read the book, Soonish:Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything, by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weiner.  The Directors then asked them to pick one topic or fact featured in the book.  Here is …
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    EDI Speaker: Len Shropshire NA’89

    The EDI Fellows hosted a Norfolk Academy alumnus, Len Shropshire ’89. Len Shropshire  from No Limit Cycling modifies motorcycles for wounded soldiers with prosthetic limbs and other physical limitations.  He spoke to the EDI Fellows about his academic and career path to …
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    Hackathon: Book Press for the Literacy Fellows

    On Saturday, November 20th, the EDI Fellows participated in an intensive event called a Hackathon to collaborate on a common problem, a book press for the Literacy Fellows.  Directors Dr. Kidd and Ms. Johnson approached the EDI Fellows to design …
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    EDI Fellows 2020 Summer Experience: The BIG Test

    The Engineering, Design, and Innovation Fellows 2020 cohort stayed at Kiptopeke State Park (VA) to design and construct a concrete boat to hold two of them at a time.  On the third day, the Fellows mixed the concrete and let it …
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    EDI Fellows 2020 Summer Experience: Day 3 Photo Collage

    The Engineering, Design, and Innovation Fellow 2020 cohort stayed at Kiptopeke State Park (VA) to design and construct a concrete boat to hold two of them at a time.  On the third day, they constructed their concrete canoe.  Here is a photo …
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